Your daily dose of Web, Advertising and Technology is back! Here is the WATFive stories for today:
Zapak brings toys to India
Christmas is a month of joys and toys and leveraging this fact is Zapak the gaming company which offlate has been venturing into everything from movie marketing to toys. Zapak Games, the merchandising arm of Zapak Digital Entertainment, has announced the introduction of two new toys varients – Zubber and Aquasand. This is targetted at kids for chirstmas. More on this here.
Google Sites Now In Hindi
Google has launched one click transalation feature to google sites. Google sites which recently added feature like templates which made the platform visually more customizable is not even more customizable with the language transalation options. One of the 51 languages is Hindi so Indian users can not only have a free site on Google sites but do so in their own language. More on this here.
NDTV Launches Hindi WAP Portal
NDTV Convergence which had earlier tied up with July systems for wap portals for its english wap portal has now announced the launch of its Hindi WAP portal, m.ndtvkhabar.com.
The wap portal would provide news on politics, sports, business and entertainment, as well as photo galleries. Do you feel that there is use case for hindi content on WAP? Read more on this here.
SatNav launches free Maps for Nokia Phones
In order to lure new users SatNav the mobile and various device based maps company has launched free maps for Nokia phones. While the maps are free they are for a limited time only. Its targeted more at getting users to sample maps. The free version allows usage upto 10 times.
I feel this is a good strategy as this is exactly how free games on mobile are marketed as well. Read more on this here.
MeriCar Launches Directory Portal
MeriCAR.com has launched a unique directory focused on car servicing. It is focused to help car owners to send enquiry easily to any Maruti Authorized Service Station in NCR and Bosch Car Service Center in India. MeriCAR.com has already been sending enquiries to MASS and BCS in NCR and expanding its reach to all over India. More on this here.
